1. Your company is growing worldwide and for the first time it sends managers abroad. What are you going to do to ensure these people are able to face the ethical dilemmas they face?
2. Imagine if you had a payoff or lose the contract with someone. How are you going to think about it? What are you going to do? Why does this happen? What factors could influence your decision? What would you expect in terms of assistance from your employer?
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power point slides on canada for 2 minute speech on dissaperance or death of child leaves.
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Please explain; What are some sources of process class in organizations?
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Effective process control distinguishes between attribute and variable data.
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9-18. Hammaker Manufacturing: Lean Production/Lean Accounting
HMC continues to be profitable. Although Denise and Lloyd Rowland mapped several business processes 5 years ago to determine whether HMC should work on process improvements or consider business process reengineering, they never really finished that effort nor did HMC decide whether to outsource any processes. Hammaker still thinks that HMC could be more efficient and more profitable, but he’s not really sure how the company can achieve this “next level” of excellence. About a year ago, Denise started reading books and trade journals on the topics of business strategy, lean production, and lean manufacturing. So, when Dick approached her regarding his intent to improve the company, she began to share with him some of the insights she had gained over the past year on business strategy and how their current AIS might not be capturing the most useful metrics for optimal decision-making. Denise mentioned that the next Lean Accounting Summit will be in September and suggested that she and her three financial analysts go to the 4-day conference to gain a better understanding of lean production and accounting concepts to determine how they might be able to better support HMC and Bob's goal of improving the company.
Requirements
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what are the strongest arguments for the proposition that corporations should have influence on how public policy is formulated?
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Organizational Behavior & Mgmt
Discussion Question:
Are all managers leaders at the same time? Why? and Are all leaders managers at the same time? Why?
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SA Adventures Unlimited was formed four years ago, by Michael
and Jill Rodriguez. Michael was a trained geologist, while Jill had
a master’s degree in Spanish. They were both avid outdoor
enthusiasts and fell in love while trekking across the Andes in
Chile. Upon graduation, they seized upon the idea of starting their
own specialized tour business that would focus on organizing and
leading “high-end” adventure trips in South America. Their first
trip was a three-week excursion across Ecuador and Peru. The trip
was a resounding success, and they became convinced that they could
make a livelihood doing something they both enjoyed.
After the first year, Adventures Unlimited began to slowly expand
the size and scope of the business. The Rodriguezes’ strategy was a
simple one. They recruited experienced, reliable people who shared
their passion for South America and the outdoors. They helped these
people organize specific trips and advertised the excursion over
the Internet and in travel magazines.
Adventures Unlimited has grown from offering 4 trips a year to
having 16 different excursions scheduled, including trips to
Central America. They now have an administrative support staff of
three people and a relatively stable group of five trip
planners/guides whom they hired on a trip-by-trip contract basis.
The company enjoyed a high level of repeat business and often used
their customers’ suggestions to organize future trips.
Although the Rodriguezes were pleased with the success of their
venture, they were beginning to encounter problems that worried
them about the future. A couple of the tours went over budget
because of unanticipated costs, which eroded that year’s profit. In
one case, they had to refund 30 percent of the tour fee because a
group was stranded five days in Blanco Puente after missing a train
connection. They were also having a hard time maintaining the high
level of customer satisfaction to which they were accustomed.
Customers were beginning to complain about the quality of the
accommodations and the price of the tours. One group,
unfortunately, was struck by a bad case of food poisoning. Finally,
the Rodriguezes were having a hard time tracking costs across
projects and typically did not know how well they did until after
their taxes were prepared. This made it difficult to plan future
excursions.
The Rodriguezes shared these concerns around the family dinner
table. Among the members in attendance was Michael’s younger
brother, Mario, a student at a nearby university. After dinner,
Mario approached Michael and Jill and suggested that they look into
what business people called “project management.” He had been
briefly exposed to project management in his Business Operations
class and felt that it might apply to their tour business.
Case Question
1. To what extent does project management apply to Adventures
Unlimited?
2. What kind of training in project management should the
Rodriguezes, the administrative staff,
and tour guides receive to improve the operation of Adventures
Unlimited?
3. Identify major topics or skill sets that should be
addressed.
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Using CARDTRONICS,
Create the Final Strategic Plan. The Final Strategic Plan contains the elements of all the previous weeks' components and incorporates instructor feedback. The strategic recommendations will be evaluated and the best options chosen for recommendation. The final strategic plan should contain:
Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with visuals and speaker notes to present the strategic plan, summarizing all relevant elements from previous weeks. The objective is to sell the strategic plan to investors or company directors.
Format the assignment according to APA guidelines.
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which of the following is NOT true regarding inventory cost behavior as the replenishment quantity increases?
A. ordering cost decreases
B. Order cost increases
C. the # of exposures to stockout decrease
D. the holding cost increases
E. stockout cost decreases
Which of the following is true regarding manufacturing organizations' use of inventory?
A. A firm that experiences highly seasonal demand, yet produces at a constant rate, uses inventory to absorb the swings in demand.
B. A firm Amy experience constant demand, yet have seasonal production.
C. Consolidation of items stored will typically yield more favorable transportation rates.
D. warehousing and material handling can contribute significantly to distribution costs.
E. All of the above
The Newsboy Problem is:
A. a system with repetitive order quantities and instantaneous replenishment.
B. suitable for products with long life cycles
C. a system with repetitive order quantities and non-instantaneous replenishment
D. Suitable for products with a short life cycle or one-time order
Which of the following is a reason to hold inventory?
A. increase costs due to economies of scale in production
B. increase costs in purchasing and transportation
C. increase customer service
D. increase uncertainties in demand and lead times
E. none of the above
For Push vs. Pull inventory control, which of the following is true?
A. a pull system tends to optimize efficiency of the whole supply chain
B. a push system is controlled by the multiple warehouses that receive goods from a single plant
C.A pull system optimizes the warehouses but does not necessarily optimize the whole supply chain
D. A push system will always result in more inventory than a pull system
E. all of the above
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How could metrics abuse begin to develop in an organization? Please explain.
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replacement Individual Assignment for HRM2040 re COVID-19
You must select
10
of the following areas of HR.
Legal Compliance
Technology and Human Resources
Job Analysis and Job Design
Human Resources Planning
Recruiting Employee
Selecting Employees
Employee Orientation and Training
Career Development
Performance Management
Equitable Pay Plans
Employee Benefit and Service Plans
Health and Safety
Employee Relations
Management and Labour Relations
For each of the 10 selected areas, you must identify and explain 3 factors or characteristics that would be
considered HR practices of a 21 st
century organization and provide information from where you select those.
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Your job is Supply Chain Management, choose in your field from one of the job search sites. Using Word, describe how you would network to get the position you chose. Submit to the Job Search and Networking Folder below.
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